As an enchanter I am in the same boat as you when it comes to buff requests.
For haste and Clarity/Clarity 2, Wisdom and Int buffs ect ect. Rude people
drive me up the wall as well but I don't see what is so rude about "Can I
get a SoW?". Maybe its just me, don't know. I usually ask with something
like "May I have sow, if your too busy its np at all." That's almost
verbatim of how I ask for any kind of buff. If they say they are too busy
or whatever I usually respond with something like "Np, have a good day."
But for the people who are truly rude and obnoxious to me I just type
/ignore xxxxxx, true once in a while I will have to delete my eqoptions file
from time to time to make room for new jerks (this does clear your friends
list btw). However I don't always ignore them right away, I can type sort
of quick so sometimes I will bicker with them back in forth in tells for a
while then ignore them, I really enjoy a good argument. : ) When I play my
friends druid from time to time I will sow most anyone that asks but HP
buffs TP's, Regen, Shield ect ect I will not unless its mem'd and I have
extra mana I mean some of those spells are quite a bit of mana and to SLN
everyone that asks or regen can quite frankly become quite absurd. Just
tell them no, if they don't understand, do you really care what they think?
I know that I don't.
Its such a pain for me too because I have to un-memorize spells to buff
players under lvl 44 for most of the new spells I have so it gets very
annoying for instance.
Stranger: (notice I don't call him beggar, because I ask for buffs too from
time to time)"If you are not busy can you buff me and my friend?" (usually
not this nice, =P)
Teenimu: Surely, np.
/w stranger
Stranger(anon)
/g errrrr
Con stranger
Green
Right click spell slot one
/book 50
Beginning to memorize clarity
ect ect ect you can see where this could get very annoying.
I know I have gone way off topic but I will use this time to complain about
something that bothers me. I show up in Cobalt Scar after trying for an
hour or so to get a group up in Skyshrine that has some nads to go and kill
some of the Statues and Named Wryvns, but nobody will go. So, I zone into
Cobalt Scar /w and see there are about 15 or so people here something like
that should be able to get a group.
/lfg on
/ooc 55 Enchanter looking for group or partner
In comes about 5 or 6 tells asking for clarity haste ect ect. But I ignore
them for the time being and /ooc again for a group and a few more tells come
in for buffs again so I start responding saying I'd like to group with you
if possible hoping to get some exp. Most of them respond with something
along the lines of sorry I am soloing I don't think you could really help
much anyways I do fine soloing. Errrr well you will do fine without
clarity. Well I endure the /poke and all the other emotes that people do to
beg for buffs from people that couldn't help in their group, blah blah blah.
Finally find two rangers to group with and finally got some really good exp
fear kitting was a lot of fun.
Anyways rambled long enough, so in closing just put them on ignore. lol
Mu
55 Enchanter
Tunare Server
Sistily
55 Warrior
Tunare Server
-----Original Message-----
From: Nymue Ce'Nedra [mailto:
nymue_uberdruid@...]
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 11:07 PM
To:
EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [EverQuest] Question for you druids out there ...
I'm sure this thread has been beaten to death here but
I'm going to ask it anyway cuz I'm new to the list :)
I have a 47 druid on Cazic-Thule and, like many of
you, I get *very* tired of being begged for SoW,
ports, HP buffs, etc. Also like many of you, I SoW,
buff, and port newbies and friendly people for free
whenever I can. I hand out nice weapons and decent
armor to newbies like they're candy, and I genuinely
enjoy helping people (That's a big reason I chose a
druid as my main).
However, like almost all druids, I have times when
newbies and/or experienced players come up to me and
ask for things without saying please or when I'm very
busy (like for instance the cleric just left the
group, we haven't found another healer, my heals blow,
but I am the primary healer until another is located).
I have a standard hotkey set up for those who ask for
SoW or whatever rudely (the "Can I get a SoW" irks me
no end):
Beggar: Can I get a SoW?
Nymue: I'm sorry, I do not comply with rude requests.
Nymue: Have a nice day!
This does not work. They hang around begging, saying
please, and so on and so forth. One guy told me today,
"Damn druids ruin the game." Lovely.
So my poll today is to collect people's favorite ways
of denying requests when they don't want to/don't have
the time/are in a group/don't feel like complying. If
anyone has an amusing, polite, or snotty reply to
share with me I'd love to hear it - I'm going to set
my favorites up as hotkeys, so please don't share it
unless you don't mind me copying it :)
Many thanks in advance for everyone's assistance,
Nymue Ce'Nedra
Lvl 47 Wood Elf Druid
Cazic-Thule Server
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Nymue Ce'Nedra
Wood Elf Druid, Cazic-Thule Server
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